??????????? is this a fishing site ????

[Got Stripers]

My focus on stripers at this stage of the stocks and my life, has to do with getting the wood to look like a nice catch. If the political forum was still up, i suspect it would be buzzing over whats happening in that arena. Nothing beats the old days, cook outs and fishing with friends, peeing my waders after a bassmaster joke down cape or getting some members out mid winter to join me for some holdover fishing. Last person out on my boat before i sold it was Goose and he thanked me for my boat handling skills after getting us back into westport river in 8 foot closely stacked standing waves. All the memories were good, well maybe Juls getting out her crap bucket and asking eyes forward in my old Lund might not have been all that memorable. Sharing cheap beers with friends at the annual TCTF at the vfw was always fun.

[Guppy]

How about a “ anything but politics “ forum….
Or “ az holes at the ramp “ forum…. LOL

[hq2]

Yeah, the politics forum has mercifully been removed. I tossed one
post on a few years ago to see what would happen, and immediately
got blasted by three or four posters. JohnR did well to close it down.

[wdmso]

every year I see similar complaints .. it was this, it used to be that ! Bla Bla Bla .... usually by thoses who in my experience haven't posted a fishing report or a photo of a fish in years .. so not sure what there's to complain about ?

Its a Free site.. Thank you John

Don't like it work to make it better.. or move on.. Now i'm going fishing

[bloocrab]

Originally Posted by wdmso

.... ..not sure what there's to complain about ?
....

Not really sure there was an actual complaint here, I think Clamma was just prodding the cow looking for a ...moooooooooo, and Ronnie is just being Ronnie, which is usually pointing out the obvious in "the World According to Ronnie"...

Thanks for the kind words redMike, ...sorry to hear you're still not well, that might explain why I haven't seen you "out there" in a longtime...but then again, since buying a boat, I seem to have moved out of the surf as well..."I remember this like it was yesterday" ...I think you were headed back to the truck that night with those fish, (as I was about to get my suit wet and hook into a couple of skunks, I was a tide late and a dollar short, but children will do that, make you miss tides and fish, but I have no regrets). Those were good times indeed!
MikeyV, from what I understand or read, you're luckier than me...your son likes to fish. Treasure that...he may be too young now, but you should make a list of where and when's, because the how is easy...EELS. Something you can save for him later on in life, IF he develops that same passion in years to come, as your memory may also begin to fail you with age.

Sounds like a cliche, but If you didn't live thru it or experience those years here on (SB.com), you really can't know what it was like (the camaraderie). And to try and explain it, does it no justice. The vast cast of characters, the daily threads & posts just kept coming. Who'd a thought the relationships that were virtually formed back then, would still hold their weight well over 20 years later...but as Mike and I stated, people died, people moved...and some people simply lost or changed interest for their own personal reasons.

I said this many moons ago and since I'm on a rant, I'll hypocritically say it again...as much as I appreciate the internet for what it's provided and continues to provide, it has and will continue to negatively impact Fishing, specifically when dealing with spots.
Everyone seems to want to host a podcast, a blog, a youtube-channel, etc/etc and the list goes on...everyone wants to be a know-it-all, even though they Googled most of it minutes before they posted it...I'm not upset by it anymore, I've learned and accepted that,, THIS IS THE NEW WAY <period>. If I didn't adjust and adapt, I'd be fishing angry all the time, and life it too short for that. I understand that people see an opportunity to cash in when involving the internet and fishing, and I guess that I can't blame them.

But ONE thing that still riddles me , is the need for these same people to advertise a spot. As with Facebook, and other social-media tunnels, people simply want to be in the spot-light. They fail to understand the ramifications of constantly bringing a spot to light. Some of these asshats don't even fish those spots, but they'll gladly share someone else's report to glorify their own. Those people I have NO respect for. A friend of mine recently shared someone's podcast with me, I couldn't believe how many areas/spots were mentioned. ....
As if saying, "SouthCounty, Buzzard's Bay, SouthShore, Narragansett Bay, Any River in any state" isn't enough?? Why do people have to say things like "Common Fence Point" for example? That spot can't handle many people from shore, parking is sketchy, and if mentioned online, the area out-front looks like WaterPalooza!! Which will be happening soon, I'm sure -

In conclusion, as I'm sure the few of you who read this are tired of my rant...please don't knock the guys that miss the old days...whether it be fishing or the times shared on this site, those times were priceless and for some, came at a very difficult point in their lives. So as much as some may never understand, those that lived it....will.

God Bless everyone - stay healthy and go hug someone you love...and when they try to pull away, pull them closer and hug them tighter. Tomorrow isn't promised.........dang, now my hands are thirsty!